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Global warming could increase terrorism, official says
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Global warming could destabilize “struggling and poor” countries around the world, prompting mass migrations and creating breeding grounds for terrorists, the chairman of the National Intelligence Council told Congress on Wednesday.
Climate change “will aggravate existing problems such as poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, ineffectual leadership and weak political institutions,” Thomas Fingar said. “All of this threatens the domestic stability of a number of African, Asian, Central American and Central Asian countries.”
People are likely to flee destabilized countries, and some may turn to terrorism, he said.
“The conditions exacerbated by the effects of climate change could increase the pool of potential recruits into terrorist activity,” he said.
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“Economic refugees will perceive additional reasons to flee their homes because of harsher climates,” Fingar predicted. That will put pressure on countries receiving refugees, many of which “will have neither the resources nor interest to host these climate migrants,” he said in testimony to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
Reactions to the report broke down along partisan lines, with Democrats generally praising it and Republicans expressing doubts. Committee members had concerns about the report’s secrecy, reliability and use of intelligence resources.
Global warming may have a slight positive effect on the United States, since it is likely to produce larger farming yields, Fingar said
But it is also likely to result in storm surges that could affect nuclear facilities and oil refineries near coasts, water shortages in the Southwest and longer summers with more wildfires, the study found.
International migration may also help spread disease, Fingar added, and climate change could put stress on international trade in essential commodities.
“The United States depends on a smooth-functioning international system ensuring the flow of trade and market access to critical raw materials, such as oil and gas, and security for its allies and partners. Climate change and climate change policies could affect all of these,” he warned, “with significant geopolitical consequences.”
The report was the conclusion of the most comprehensive government analysis the U.S. intelligence community has ever conducted on climate change. Fingar emphasized that it could make no hard and fast predictions, saying that the operative word in his assessment was “may.”
Wealthy countries will be able to handle the situation better than poorer ones, he said.
“We assess that no country will be immune to the effects of climate change, but some will be able to cope more effectively than others,” he said. “Most of the struggling and poor states that will suffer adverse impacts to their potential and economic security are in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Southeast Asia.
“However, the spillover — from potentially increased migration and water-related disputes — could have a harmful global impact,” he added.
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June 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
GLOBAL WARMING IS A MYTH!!…..DAMN ITS HOT TODAY!
June 26th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
OBESE PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING!!
http://uk.reuters.com/article/.....1320080515
June 26th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
What’s really causing global warming is all the hot air emiting from politicians mouths. Global warming. Oughta be a law we can smack the shit out of the next person that even utters the word, and get paid a to do it. Hell, I’d do it for free.
June 26th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
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June 26th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
#1,#2,#3—LMAO
Funny how they are just throwing the word terrorist around in such a generic fashion.
The terrorist they are referring to most likely means all of the starving, dehydrated masses that will be clamouring for relief from the gov’t. But or course, this is nothing more than fear mongering since global warming is a myth like #1 said.
On a side note, the time is soon at hand when those of us that deny global warming will be criminalized like those europeans that deny the holocaust.
This Orwellian crap must be fought tooth and nail.
June 26th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
How is it that being a basic criminal has turned into terrorism? A definition of the terrorist is “a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities”.
So if I’m pissed off because it’s too hot where I live and I decide to head out to town and raise a little hell, that’s considered terrorism????
The word terrorist is being used in ridiculous contexts anymore. My guess is if the jackass’s that want to control the masses ever more will just keep changing the scope of what it means to be a terrorist.
Go back to sleep, it’s not time to get up. Mummy will wake you when it’s time.
June 26th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I agree with Jay in the Heartland. First it was{ hate crimes} whats that? All crime is hateful. Now it’s terror, terror,,terrorist, BOOO are we scared now. They want to use frightening words to keep all the soccer moms scared and joe six pack saying kill them towel heads. The sad part is that it’s been working fine so far.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:42 am
what circular self serving thinking
If someone says woooo baby , your’re hot!
Does that refer to global warming ?
just askin’
June 27th, 2008 at 9:39 am
This is the most clear evidence of fearmongering I have seen in quite some time. This guy is taking two concepts, one of which isn’t even real, and saying they somehow relate to one another. His assumptions are completely absurd. If I was displaced from my home because of drought and/or famine or any “global warming related event”, the last thing on my mind would be, “Let’s get a bomb and kill some Americans.” I would be thinking about the welfare of my family, etc…
And not too mention (as several of you already have) his extremely broad use of the word terrorist. Soon you will be a terrorist if you steal a pack of gum from a convenience store. It’s ridiculous. This guy should be sent to Guantanamo and raped and tortured with the other “terror suspects” for his level of stupidity. Soon people will be begging for carbon taxes just to help the effort to stop terrorism…This guy is an idiot.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:16 am
FL’s weather has been the coolest in years. I love this summer, don’t need aircondition at all.. well, only few days so far. It’s amazing. If this is global warming, I enjoy it.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:47 am
These creeps opinions are so alarmist that they border on terrorism in and of themselves. Storms threatening nuclear plants? He must sleep under his bed sucking his thumb every night. But he dosen’t believe his own shit because he is NWO and just following script. With all the horrors of the 20th century resulting in countless forced migrations of millions of people real terrorism never came about. How does this creep reconcile this?
June 27th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Global Warming is happening, has happened for the last 4.5 billion years and will keep happening till the Sun burns up! It only seems to be a problem if a politician says it is!
When are we going to put 2 & 2 together and come up with BS?
June 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
When I grew up it was global COOLING…a new ice age…WTF Over??? Terrorism doesn’t care about climate…who writes this shit???
June 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Last I heard the warming has stopped (since Dumbya stole the Presidency the 1st time) and they fear an Ice Age again. Something about 23years up, 23years down … cycles. As for their “most comprehensive analysis” ever made on the “climate change” scam: did they ever do another one before? or is that just another notch in the belt of misleading journalism?
June 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Yet another reason why you can’t trust the mainstream media. huh…….. ok keep watching cnn people and you’ll never find out what really occurs behind the curtain.
June 27th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
global warming is a HOAX
Goverments are consitering banning drive thoughs
saying idoling cars are contribuing to global warming i say BaH to that
what about red lights huh red lights contrubute to MORE global warming and o man that long wait going zero mph on the highway in a bumrushhour jam global warming
of you better stop breathing each breth you emit dangerous CO2
you better stop eating beans that gas taps sunlight
come on you WICKED WORLD
find somthing else to lie about
June 27th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I heard a theory that the warming is caused by the planet growing, hence continental drift etc and sun spots too.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
7 Craig G Says: June 27th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
“I heard a theory that the warming is caused by the planet growing, hence continental drift etc and sun spots too.”
Hmmm you didn’t get that right I’m afraid. What’s true is that since CO2 _is_ rising plant life is growing and thus food suplies are increasing. But… since we don’t want you to eat but to starve and die something must be done about it.
Don’t worry…. you will not notice what’s happening around you as you lay in the gutter moaning and dying from your mandatory flu shot… all the while the bear and the deer population exploding in the woods as nature picks up on the bounty.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Wow that’s funny what next. the real economic terrorism is Big Oil+ Government
June 28th, 2008 at 5:51 am
The GREEN COMMUNISTS are using climate change propaganda to make everyone who is not one of them……..a WATERMELLON, into a terrorist. Let the watermellon wars begin……..
June 28th, 2008 at 5:55 am
what……. censored for saying GREEN COMMUNISTS……… WATERMELLONS……… ??
June 29th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Good post. I am monitoring this stuff too. Have you heard of my project about POLAR CITIES for survivors of global warming? I figure we might need them around 2500 or so, and I have written to Fingar about this. of course, no reply. But i am sure the USA govt and other govts are already planning their own polar cities for their own VIPs and powerful families, leaving the rest of us out in the cold, well, it won’t be cold, it will be HOT. 500 years.
Wonder if you can take a look at my images, created by Deng Cheng Hong in Taiwan, and Lovelock has seen them and approves of them and told me IT MAY VERY WELL HAPPEN AND SOON.
Maybe you can blog one day on polar cities? Please do. Pro or con. I am curious to know your POV on all this.
As for Fingar’s testimoney, he did not mention POLAR CITIES at all, but you can bet the Homeland Sec dept already has plans in place for polar cities in Alaska — Juneau, Fairbanks, Anchroage, Nome….
Email me off if want to chat: this is now my life’s work. DANNY BLOOM, Tufts 1971
http://pcillu101.blogspot.com
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